Robert Hooke Research Paper

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Robert Hooke Robert Hooke was known for many things that have affected the world we live in, from the discovery of certain cell parts to laws that he has made. He was an important person to our history. Even though Robert Hooke was a philosopher, architect, experimenter, etc. He also had an interesting life before he became known to science. He discovered many different things, and has affected biology and how we see things in a different way. Robert Hooke was born in England on July 28, 1635. Robert Hooke then died on march 3, 1703. Robert Hooke was never married and didn't have any kids. Roberts dad´s name was Jon Hooke. Hooke had no brothers or sisters and his mom died early in his life. He entered Westminster school at the age of 13. He then went to Oxford and became one of the greatest scientist around. Hooke became an assistant to Robert Boyle, this was influential to Hooke´s life. While he was in college, he met Dr Issac Newton and they both did numerous things together. Robert …show more content…
Cells may be the smallest unit of life, but they are the fundamental building blocks to everything. Cells are what keep us alive. They hold our DNA in its nucleus. Life would not exist to the human world if it wasn't for cells. How cells work is how we stay living. Cells go through a cell cycle, in this cell cycle cells divide and divide into two and it continues and continues. This is how cells reproduce and this is how we stay alive. So by Robert Hooke's discovery we can all learn how cells function and why they are important. Robert Hooke was a good guy. He was very intelligent and was a person that is very influenced in biology history. Robert Hooke was starting young when he became the great scientist that he was before he passed. But even though Robert Hooke is gone, his readings and studies stayed on earth for everyone to learn about his

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